Desk-calendar.



No. 787,649. PATENTED APR 18, 1905. F. M.. TUEGKL DBSK CALENDAR. v APPLICATION FILED APR. 14/1903. RENEWED SEPT. 2741904., I

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PATENTBD APR. 18.1905.

F. M. TURGK.

DESK CALENDAR.

APPLIQATION FILED APB-.14, 1903. RENEWED SEPT. 27, 1904- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

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FREDERICK M. TURCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DESK-CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,649, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed April 14, 1903. Renewed September 27, 1904. Serial No. 226,154.

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Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. TURoK, residing in the borough of the Bronx, city of New York, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desk-Calendars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to calendars and holders therefor, and especially to desk and memorandum calendars adapted to be used as advertising media. Its object is to provide a desk-calendar which shall be simple, cheap,

attractive in appearance, and capable of folding into a small compass for transmissio through the mails or otherwise.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and the novel features thereof pointed out in the claims:

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of the calendar as it appears in use. Fig. 2 is a top plan showing the various covers of the holder thrown back in order to show the interior construction. Fig. 3 shows the article as it appears when folded up or collapsed for storage or shipment. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail perspectives showing opposite faces of the pad-calendar or calendar proper used in connection with this invention, showing the way in which the dates are printed upon the sheets of the pad or" pile. Fig. 6 is a side View of the holder partially opened out and with the calendar omitted.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

As illustrated, the holder consists of three main members, a pad-holder proper, (designated by A,) having side pieces 1 1, preferably stamped or struck up from light metal, integral with the back plate of the holder. There is also provided at one end of this back plate a clip or tab 2, which is bent over to form a clip piece or holder for the edge of one ofthe covers 3 of the padcalendar i. This pad-calendar (shown in an enlarged scale on Figs. 4 and 5) is of a size adapted to fit the holder A and is secured therein by slipping one of its covers beneath the clip 2, as already described. This pad or pile has one page for each day of the year, the month, day of the month, and day of the week being indicated on the lower end of each page, while the remainder is left free for memoranda, &c. As is indicated in Fig. 4, the first day of the year is indicated on the first page of the calendar or on the upper face of the first sheet, while the second day of the year is indicated on the corresponding face of the next consecutive sheet of the pad. The year is divided into halves, the first half reading directly down through the pad, while the second half reads backward in a similar manner, successive days being indicated on the corresponding faces of consecutive sheets, beginning with the rear face of the last sheet, as indicated in Fig. 5, which shows the calendar turned over from the position shown in Fig. 4, as it would be at the end of the half-year. The pad or pile of sheets may be bound by using an adhesive mixture, as in an ordinary pad, and should preferably be held together by a yielding binding, as the cord 5, which will allow the cover and the sheets in succession to be thrown back, as in Figs. 4 and 5.

Hinged to the pad-holder or member A at the points 6 6 is a cover, (designated generally by B,) said cover being provided with struck-up side pieces 7, adapted to fit the side pieces 1. vided with afiange 8 at its lower end, as indicated in Fig. 2, which flange provides a stop or check for the upper end of the pad-calendar 4, thereby normally holding it to its position against the clip 2 and preventing disengagement of the pad from the holder un-.

less the pad is thrown upward and then backward above the edge of the flange 8.

It will be seen upon inspection of Figs. 2 and 3 that when the cover B is thrown back away from the holder A it provides a receptacle into which the cover 3 and successive sheets of the pad-calendar may be turned back out of the way, while when said cover The cover member B is also pro-.

B is turned down over the holder A the padcalendar is inclosed, as in an open-ended boX, and is prevented from coming out by the clip 2 at one end and the flange 8 at the other.

Hinged to one end of the holder A are arms 9 9, which may be most conveniently formed of a single piece of bent wire and which pass through the short tubular clip 10 in connection with the holder A. When the calendar is folded up, as in Fig. 3, these bent arms lie across the end of the holder and against the face of the cover B, the extreme edges of the arms being still further bent or curved up to hold them in engagement with the slot 11, formed in the cover B. WVhen so folded up, the ends of the arms will rest in the lower ends of this slot. The upper end of this slot is T-shaped or bayoneted, and when the cover B is thrown back the ends of the arms 9 will rise along the upright part of the slot, and their ends may then be drawn apart into the heads of the slot, or this drawing apart may be effected by the elasticity of the arms and the original tension given them. When the arms then lie in the head of the slot, as shown in Fig. 2, any hinging movement of the cover B with reference to the holder A will be prevented by the engagement of their ends with the shoulders at the head of the slot and the cover cannot be folded down upon the holder until the arms 9 are disengaged from the head of the slot and brought into the longitudinal part therein, where they may play freely up and down with the hinging movement of the cover. Hinged to the upper end of the cover B is the supplementary cover C, which is adapted to be folded down upon the cover B when the cover B is thrown back and which carries at its ends, suitably connected thereto, a monthly calendar, as indicated at 13, as shown in Fig. 1. When this supplementary cover is swung down over the cover B, it hides and holds down the sheets which have been turned back into the open cover B, and also by means of the attached calendar 13 it covers up the memorandum-spaces upon the pad-calendar, thereby concealing the said.

spaces and any memoranda that may be thereon from view and providing a monthly calendar which may be read in connection with the daily calendar on the pad.

The rear of the calendar 13 or the inner face of the cover C may also be provided with a yearly calendar, as indicated at 14, which may be referred to by simply throwing back the supplementary cover. The outer face of the cover C or the one which is normally exposed, as at 15, Fig. l, as well as any other desired parts of the article, may be provided with any suitable advertising matter, and it will be seen that there is a marked advantage in an article constructed in accordance with the ideasabove described in that it is compact and can go through the mails at a small postage, that it provides a convenient calendar with readings for various divisions of time, a memorandum-surface which can be easily gotten at and yet is normally concealed, while at the same time there is a comparatively large space left which is suitable for advertising matter. Further, there is a decided and general utility in my improved pad-calendar in that the reading is always a direct one on the upper page of the pad, and no attention need be given to the sheets turned back out of the way, while at the same time the size of the pad is very much reduced by dividing the year into halves and reading one half one way on the pad and the other half the other way, thus utilizing both sides of the paper. The specific utility of this form of pad-calendar in connection with the present calendar or holder will also be apparent when it is noted that one ofthe objects of the present invention is to provide a compact article and at the same time a calendar which will give a direct daily reading in connection with the monthly reading. as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The described form of pad-calendar facilitates the accomplishment of these objects.

It will be understood from an inspection of Fig. 3 that when the cover B is turned down over the holder A the cover C may also be turned down upon both the cover B and holder A, thereby bringing the three parts together into a compact nested arrangement. The supplementary lid or cover acts when the calendar is in use both to hide the pad-cover and the sheets which have been thrown back into the first cover to keep said sheets from springing up and also to hold down in position the sheets or part of the pad which still remain in the holder proper.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A calendar, comprising a pad-holder, a calendar-pad carried thereby, a hinged cover therefor, said hinged cover being adapted when thrown back to serve as a receptacle for the sheets of the pad as they are turned back at intervals, and a supplementary cover adapted to shut down over said first cover when the first cover is thrown back, and carrying a calendar adapted to read in conjunction with the readings of the pad-calendar.

2. A calendar, comprising a pad-holder, a hinged cover therefor, an arm connected to said pad-holder adapted when said cover is thrown back to serve as a support therefor and to prevent hinging movement of the cover relative to the holder, the construction and arrangement being such that said arm may be released to permit said hinging movement.

3. A calendar, comprising a pad-holder, a cover therefor hinged thereto, an arm pivotally mounted with reference to said holder and having an end thereof adapted to engage a bayonet-slot in said cover'such that when said cover is thrown back the arm enters the angle of the slot and movement of the cover relative to the holder is prevented until said arm is released and permitted to play freely in said slot.

4. A calendar, comprising a holder having a clip or pocket in connection therewith in which the cover of a pad-calendar is adapted to be inserted, a cover hinged to said holder and adapted to fold thereover, said cover being provided with a flange adapted to 006perate with the clip on the holder to prevent disengagement of the pad carried by said holder.

5. A calendar, comprising a pad-holder, a hinged cover therefor adapted when thrown back on its hinges to serve as a receptacle for the sheets of the pad when they are thrown back, a pad carried by said holder and provided with daily indications and memorandum- .spaces, and a supplementary cover adapted to both with a yearly calendar and with amonthly calendar, one of said calendars being adapted to read directly in conjunction with the reading of the pad-calendar.

7.- A calendar, comprising a pad-holder, a hinged cover therefor, said hinged cover being adapted when thrown back to serve as a receptacle for the sheets of the pad as they are turned back at intervals, and a supple- Inentary cover adapted to shut down over said first cover when the first cover is thrown back.

8. A desk-calendar, comprising a pad-holder, a pad carried thereby having leaves adapted to be folded back to expose consecutive sheets, a member connected to said holder adapted to receive said sheets when they are folded back, and a member adapted to lie above said second member to hold said sheets therein.

9. A desk-calendar, comprising a pad-holder, a pad carried thereby having leaves adapted to be folded back to expose consecutive sheets, a member connected to said holder adapted to receive said sheets when they are folded back, and a member adapted to lie above said second member to hold said sheets therein and torest on the top of said pad.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK M. TURCK.

1 Witnesses:

H. M. SEAMANS, J. B. KNOX. 

